St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
BARE NECKS AND ARMS.
Freaks of the Girls Who Visit the
otographer-Dude Mustaches.

The number of cranks in the world is
not OH the decrease by any means, but
on the contrary one runs across new
freaks o. these eccentric people at every
turn. \ GLOBE reporter had wandered
into a we'll known photograph gallery
and stood gazing at the collection about
tile rooms when the proprietor appeared.
He had in his hand large photograph
of pretty young lady. which he pro-
ceeded to fit into cute, fashionable
frame and hang on the wall. The pict-
Ure was quite an attractive one. \
VERY pretty profile, set OFF by a mass of
WaVy hair. The neck, shoulders and a
small portion of the back were perfectly
bare, and no yestige of clothing could
feecy wrap peeping cut from under the
left arm. The work had been faithfully
executed and the scribe looked upon as
pretty a neck and pair OF shoulders as
one sees in month.
''ls the young lady an actress" he in
Quired when the proprietor had adjusted
the frame.
''Oh. no, he replied. gazing on his
work with evident admiration, ''She is Il
resident of Minneapolis and comes from
a good family. The idea of having their
pictures taken this way has developed
into quite a craze, though none but those
having handsome shoulders and necks
are afflicted with it. A woman
who has pretty personal charms is
ALWAYS glad to exhibit them. at least |
have found it so in my business. Many
OF them are not satisfied with appearing
at full dress ball, but must have their
beauty indelibly impressed on card
board. They are not at all baShful in
expressing their own delight over these
photographs. and often implOre me to
make the pictures Halter them as much
as possible Many of them are timid
about expressing their wants and al
ways
BRING / LADY FRIEND
with them. You would be surprised to
know to the extremes some of them go
to in order to have their beauty thus eX-
hibited. and you know there Is always
a certain amount OF excuse in photo
graph. Many have extremely pretty
feet, and often have them taken, though
some do not stop at the shoe top. But |
don't wish to ruin my business by Civ
ing it away. | derive a handsome reye-
nue. from this source of photography. |
seldom hear. however. of these pictures
being distributed amongst friends"
''What one kind of crdnkS do you
meet with?''
"Well, take. for instance, a young
fellow and his sweetheart. They come
III heSitatingly and, after about a fifteen
minutes struggle, l get out of them
that they desire to have a 'kr0cked-
head picture taken. Don't yOn know
what a .krocked-head' photograph is?
Well. they sit alongside Of each other.
with their heads together. their checks
resting one against another. | am
always instructed to destroy the mega
tive, as in the case of the other ones.
Only the other day young fellow and
his girl came in and had a 'krocked-
head taken. They did not stop at this
but had another struck off where he
was in the act Of kissing her. Nor
did they stop here, but sat
on the sofa there and had another
one taken with lIs arms thrown about
her, as though making love 10 her. We
have lots of these kinds. but they rarely
take over half dozen copies. L charge